The ACC Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It has been held each year since 1954, one year after the conference's creation. Its history has been dominated by three schools in the Triangle of North Carolina, though eight schools have won the tournament.

The ACC Tournament began in 1954, one year after the ACC was formed. The inaugural championship was won by N.C. State, which beat Wake Forest, 82-80. N.C. State went on to win the next two titles, as well, and began to cement the state of North Carolina's hold on the title.

The 1990s and 2000s saw the arrival of more teams to the ACC, including Florida State, Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech. But the domination by the North Carolina schools continued. Georgia Tech won another two titles, in 1990 and 1993, but the North Carolina Tar Heels continued to succeed -- four titles between 1991 and 1998. Wake Forest also earned its first title since 1962, winning in 1995 and 1996 on the backs of Tim Duncan and Randolph Childress.

Florgia State is the reigning champions goininto the 2013 tournament.

Duke won in 1992 and then was shut out of the title game until 1998, when it lost to the Tar Heels. But starting in 1999, the Blue Devils won five straight ACC titles, over Maryland, North Carolina and N.C. State. Duke lost to Maryland in 2004 but regained its championship in 2002 and 2003 -- marking nine straight championship games for the Blue Devils, seven of those successful.